Future Challenges to the Field of Professional Psychology As the field of psychology evolves with the changing of times‚ there are numerous challenges to be taken into consideration. One of the biggest challenges is the role changing from a mental health specialist to that of a primary health care provider and the expanding of that role to include psychopharmacology. “As a specialty profession of mental health care‚ we deal primarily with the people who self-identify as having psychological problems
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Women in Corrections Essay Although it has gotten easier to survive in a male dominated culture‚ challenges still face women in corrections. Women correction officers must compact with many dissimilar challenges. Earning the respect of a male counterpart; there are staff and inmates who feel that women should not work in male jails or prisons. Correctional women must work extra hard to convey a strong‚ firm and unwavering disciplinary tactic‚ yet be professional and reasonably approachable. The
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Rehabilitation What is Rehabilitation? Rehabilitation is the strategy of applying proper treatment so an offender will present no further threat to society. Correctional counseling and rehabilitation seeks to transform a convicted felon into a responsible and productive member of society. A foundation in the general principles of offender intervention is established; principles such as risk‚ need‚ and responsively are upheld; and common themes including the use of cognitive-behavioral interventions
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What is the future of Antarctica? The fifth biggest continent in the world and 10% of its total land area is being destroyed simply because of humans. Antarctica‚ one of the last truly untouched wildernesses is slowly becoming just like the rest of the world‚ should we let it happen or should we do something about it? 17 species of penguins currently inhabit Antarctica with over 50 million of the different species. Many countries take interest in Antarctica for different reasons whether it is
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What this case has to offer This case allows the students to apply the ethical theories of utilitarianism‚ deontology and virtue ethics to a real situation‚ although the names have been altered so not as to bias any discussion in class. On March 14‚ 2007 Chiquita Brands International entered into a plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. Chiquita agreed to pay a $25 million fine after it admitted that it made payments to a terrorist organization for protection of its operations in Columbia
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Ineson et al.‚ 2013; Lapierre et al.‚ 2005; McDonald‚ 2012; & O’Farrell & Nordstrom‚ 2013)‚ there is little research looking at sexual harassment of females in correctional settings. Szockyj (1989) assessed the role of female correctional officers in regards to their feelings about the work environment and their fellow male officer’s feelings‚ as well. When Szockyj asked the male officers about their opinions regarding the female officers and physical abilities‚ many male officers stated that they did
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By analysing the ethical system of Christianity‚ show how Christian adherents draw guidance in regards to bioethics. Refer to two bioethical issues. Bioethics is the area of science that deals with ethical choices faced in medical research and the treatment of patients where advanced medical technology is used. Two bioethical issues that Christians might have concerns with are abortion and euthanasia. These issues are derived from Christians’ main sources of revealed law‚ such as the Ten Commandments
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QUESTION: Discuss the challenges of harmonization of accounting system. Accounting Standards are the statements of code of practice of the regulatory accounting bodies that are to be observed in the preparation and presentation of financial statements. The Generally Accepted Accounting Principles is comprised of a large group of individual accounting standards. Accounting Standards in other words can be stated as rules which govern the preparation of financial statements. They are the generally accepted
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are millions of Americans in the United States (U.S) who have been to prison for conviction of a crime and incarceration rates are increasing (Public Safety Performance Project‚2007‚ Pew‚ 2008). Each year‚ thousands of individuals across the United States confront social and personal challenges related with the shift of transitioning from prison to society outside of prison. Incarceration prisons rates in the U.S. has increased more than any country in the world (Pew‚ 2008). In this informative
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of Corrections Jessica Malone CJA/223 January 27‚ 2013 Jeffery Newton Purpose and History of Corrections For most‚ luckily corrections have come a long way since the days of torture and the rack. In the following‚ history of punishment will discussed as well as the things that drove the reform of punishment. As punishment evolved so did the use and prisons. The following will dissect the early prison systems and how they matured over time. Two early systems‚ the Pennsylvania system and
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